The Niue national soccer team is the national
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
team of
Niue, controlled by the
Niue Island Soccer Association
The Niue Island Soccer Association (NISA) was the governing body of soccer in Niue. It organised the nation's league, the Niue Soccer Tournament, as well as Niue's own national team.
Between 2006 and 2021 the NISA was an associate member of the ...
. It was not a member of
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
, although it was an associate member of the
Oceania Football Confederation
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football. The OFC has 13 members, 11 of which are full members and two which are associate members not affiliated with FIFA. It ...
(OFC) until its membership was revoked in 2021 due to inactivity. Because it wasn't a FIFA member, the team was already ineligible to enter the
World Cup even when it was still an OFC member.
Niue has so far played only two games – both at the 1983
South Pacific Games. A 0–14 loss to
Tahiti was followed by a 0–19 loss to
Papua New Guinea.
Notable players
*
Aidan Carey - played for
Auckland City FC
Results
''Niue score is shown first in each case.''
Record by opponent
''Up to matches played on 22 August 1983.''
Players
See
List of Niue international footballers.
References
Oceanian national association football teams
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